According to Ms Sturgeon, "Health boards and GP surgeries are continuing to focus their efforts to ensure that they are all offered the jab by Christmas."

However recent reports that the pandemic is not as bad as was initially feared, will not help encourage those who qualify for vaccination to get themselves to the doctor.

In England, there were 26 deaths for every 100,000 cases – a fatality rate of just 0.026%.

But behind these statistics are personal tragedies and the family of a swine flu victim who died with the bug just four weeks after giving birth, has joined the call to get pregnant mothers immunised.

Marianne Johnston, 20, was fit and healthy before she contracted the illness and she almost certainly would have lived had she been vaccinated.

Marianne's sister Kirsty said, "It is not just random, it is happening all over the place and don't take the chance with your own life or with your child, have the sore arm for two days, because I am sure if Marianne had the option now she would take the sore arm any day."

In a plea to pregnant women who have yet to get the jab, she added "If they have any doubt just think about what can happen."